Facility Engineering

MAINTENANCE
Changes to federal and state regulations open the door to new maintenance approaches for health facilities.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The Fire Protection Research Foundation provides data-driven answers to pandemic response and historic assumptions.
SAFETY
A look at fire resistance-rated and smoke-resistive assemblies and the codes behind them.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Highlights from the updated Standard 170 included in the 2022 FGI Guidelines.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Although equally important to patient care, medical air and instrument air are not interchangeable and each should be used for distinct tasks.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Aligning facility operations with three recently updated guidelines on water quality and management.
ASHE TOOL
A collaborative, multidisciplinary approach can help to streamline decision-making for indoor hospital environments.
ENGINEERING
Avista Adventist Hospital's mitigation efforts allowed it to reopen 19 days after the Marshall Fire forced it to evacuate patients.
BIOMEDICAL
Resources to help differentiate between normal and excessive oxygen leakage, and how to troubleshoot issues.
ENGINEERING
Engineers at Penn Medicine build redundancy and resiliency into its newest infrastructure.